Leopoldo guzman



(No Model.)

- L. GUZMAN.

BOOT 0R SHOE BLAGKING'M'AGHINE.

Patented Aug-19,

warren STATES Parent @rrrcie.

LEOPOLDO GUZMAN,

OF NINV YORK, Y.

BOOT OR SHOE BLACKING lVIACl-HNE.

'" forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,637, dated August 19, 1884.

Application filed June L1, 1884. (No model.)

all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that. I, Lnoronno GUZMAN, a

citizen of San Salvador, Central America, and

' blacking machine, and has for its object to furnish a device whereby the blacking may be applied and the shoe polished by mechanism operated by any convenient motive power, either steam, water, or hand.

It consists, as hereinafter described, in mount ing two sets of brushes of special construction, so that they may be made to move independently and with a reciprocating mot-ion over and past a foot-rest, the one set adapted to apply the blacking material to a shoe placed upon the foot-rest, and the other set adapted and adjusted to polish the shoe after the blacking is applied.

It further consists in mounting an oscillating ball in'such manner as to supply the blacking material from a fixed reservoir to the brushes for applying the same to the shoe.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aplan view of my improved blaekingmachine, with apart of the cover broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the machine on line a; x of. Fig. 1. Fig. 3 .is a detached view of the polishing-brushes and their carryingframe. Fig. 4 is a detached view, in per spective, of the blacking-brushes and the ball for applying the blacking to the same; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the reservoir, showing the movement of the blackingball to open or close the same.

In the drawings I have shown a blacking- .machine as adapted to be operated by handpower, and its construction and operation'are as follows:

A is a frame or case to inclose the working parts, and B is an additional case projecting vertically therefrom at its rear end to support and surround the driving mechanism.

WVithin the case A, and near its forward end, are mounted one or more foot-rests, G, preferably two in number, as shown.

A frame, D, onehall' of which is shown in Fig. 4, is mounted between guides 11 (1 upon the downwardly-projeeting sides of the auxiliary case B, to allow its movement in a direction parallel with and to and from the footrests G, and this motion is derived from a lever, D, one end of which is pivoted within and to the side of the case B, its opposite end being attached to the frame D by a pin, (1,

fixed therein, working through a longitudinal slot in the end of the lever. The lever D is itself operated in one direction by a flexible cord, D, attached thereto and led forward around a pulley, 0, up around a second put ley, c, and out through the case to terminate ina knob or handle, 6 The reverse move ment of the lever iscaused by a spiral spring, 13*, attached at one end to the lever, and at the other to the rear end of the case A.

Upon the front end of the frame D and in line with the foot-rests O, are mounted theblacking-brushes E, one set for each foot-rest. These brushes, three in each set, are mounted, as shown in Fig. 4, by means of flexiblg rods attached to the frame D, two of the brushes being'monnted with their bristles projecting sidewise, the one toward the-other, in position to rub upon the sides of the shoe, and the other is mounted a little to the rear and with its bristles projecting downward to apply their ends to the top of the shoe. Aforward move ment of the frame D, by means of its operating-lever D and actuating-cord D, will cause the brushes E to moveforward over and on either side of a shoe placed upon the footrest O. The blacking is applied to these brushes by means of a ball, F, mounted upon aswinging arm, F, attached to a rotating shaft, F, so that as the shaft is rotated the ball will be raised up out of a fixed reservoir, G, attached to a cross-piece within the frame A, and will be made to pass between and against the brushes E, as shown in Fig. 1. To cause this movement of the blackingball a pulley, F is mounted upon the shaft F and in a groove thereon is secured a flexible cord, F leading therefrom in one direction around two pulleys, f, secured to cross-pieces in the frame A, and up around a third pulley, f, and attached to the lower end of a spring-actuated rod, F, working vertically through the case A, the upper end of the rod being fitted with a knob or handle in position to be conveniently pressed by the operator. A spring, f placed upon the body of the rod F, is made to give it a re verse movement. The other end of the cord F is attached by means of a spring, I, to a cross-piece in the case A, and is adapted to give to the ball its reverse movement after it has been passed between the brushes E. The reservoir G is fitted with alight cover, G, (see Fig. 5,) having an inward and downwardly projecting arm, G so that as the ball F'is raised up out of the reservoir it will raise the cover G, and when the ball is returned it will, by pressing upon the arm G close the same. The polishing-brushes are mounted, as shown in Fig. 3, upon a cross-piece, H, working be tween guide-pieces h h, attached to the sides of the case A, and its motion is in a direction parallel to the foot-rests. These brushes are mounted in sets, one set for each rest and three in each set. Two of these brushes, H H, in each set are mounted upon levers h h, pass ing through the cross-bar H and pivoted therein, to swing to and from each other, and between the lower end of these levers, )roj eeting downward, is placed a spring, if, to press their upper ends together and to hold the brushes mounted thereon in contact the one with the other. The third brush, H-, of each set is mounted upon a pivoted lever, I, by means of slotted hangers i r, secured to the back of the brush and embracing the pins 2" i, driven into the lever I. One or more springs, if, are placed between the brush H and the lever I to retain the brush in its downwardly-projecting position. The lever I is pivoted to the strips I, )rojecting forward from the downwardly-projecting sides of the case 13, and is adapted to be swung around upon its pivoted bearing, to move the brushes backward and forward over the foot-rest G, and it derives its motion from the moving bar H through a connecting-rod, I, pivoted to a backward and upwardly projecting arm, I", attached to said bar H. The bar H receives its motion to operate the brushes through c011- neetingrods K, (see Fig. 1,) there being one at each end of the bar, secured at one end to the bar H and at their other end pivoted to a crank-pin upon wheels K. The wheels K are mounted upon a crossshaft, K working within the case A and beneath the auxiliary case B. The rotation of this shaft to operate the brushes may be accomplished in any convenient manner, but I have shown in the drawings a machine wherein hand-power is applied through a vertical shaft, L, geared at its lower end by means of the beveled cog-wheels L L to the operating-shaft, and passing up into the auxiliary case B, and there geared by means of beveled gearing to a cross-shaft, M, projecting outwardly through the case and fitted with a balance-wheel and crank, M.

In order to notify the operator when the brushes have been moved sufficiently, I place an alarm-bell, 0, within the case A, and in position to be operated by a lug, 1 upon an endless belt, I passing from the top to the bottom of the auxiliary case B, and operated to move around suitable pulleys, '1) p, by a short belt, P leading fronra pulley upon the shaft M.

Having described my invention, what I claim is' 1. In ashoeblacking machine, the combination, with a foot-rest adapted to receive the shoe, of an oscillating bruslrcarrying frame,

substantially as described, adapted to apply the blacking to the shoe, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a shoe-blacking machine, the combination, with a foot-rest and with an oscillating frame carrying brushes, of a reciprocating ball adapted to carry the blacking from the reservoir and apply it to the brushes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a shoe-blacking machine, the combination, with one or more foot-rests, of a set of oscillating spring-actuated brushes to apply the blacking, one or more reciprocating balls to carry the blacking from a reservoir to the blaekingbrushes, and a set of oscillating spring-actuated polishingbrushes, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 17th day of May, 1884.

LEOPOLDO GUZMAN.

\Vi tnesses:

A. W. Srnmna, F. G. ANDERSON. 

